Innovations in teaching undergraduate biology and why we need them

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 25, Issue , 2009, Pages 93-112

  Wood, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Active learning; Concept inventories; Course transformation; Discipline based educational research; Formative assessment; Pedagogy

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICINE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COLLEGE; CYTOLOGY; FACULTY STUDENT RELATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HISTORY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LABORATORY; LEARNING; PEDAGOGICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENCE; STUDENT; TEACHING; TRAINING;

BIOLOGY; CURRICULUM; LEARNING; SCIENCE; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EID: 70350241336     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.24.110707.175306     Document Type: Review

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